Felix A. Lorenz (1892-1984), Contractor and Architect
Felix A. Lorenz was born Battle Creek, Michigan on May 5, 1892 to (Volga) Russian-born Fredrick Lorenz and his wife Dorothea (nee Heiness).[1][2] His parents were involved in the original creation of Union College and College View, Nebraska in the early 1890s. The family lived in New York State in 1900 and in Oklahoma in 1910 before returning to Lincoln in the 1910s, where Felix attended Union College and his sister Dorothea worked as a nurse at Nebraska Sanitarium on the college campus.[3][4] On his draft registration form in 1917-18, Felix identified himself as a theological student at Union College and claimed a draft exemption as a Seventh-Day Adventist.[5] Felix and Amanda Olga Lorenz married around 1922 and had two sons, Felix Jr. (born in Kansas, c. 1922) and Everett (born in Nebraska, c. 1924). In Lincoln Felix worked for his younger brother Henry's real estate firm (H. P. Lorenz Co.) and both were producing single-family homes in Lincoln by the mid-1920s, apparently working both jointly and separately.[6][7] Henry relocated to Colorado in 1927.[8]
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Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1914, 1922-1940
Educational & Professional Associations
1910s: attended and graduated from Union College, College View (now Lincoln), Nebraska.[1]
Attended seminary at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.[1]
Other Associations
Buildings & Projects
Notes
a. The
References
1. "Elder Felix A. Lorenz" (obituary), Napa Valley Register (Deer Park, California) (May 18, 1984), 2.
2. "Memorial Services" (obituary of Fredrick A. Lorenz (1862-1926), Lincoln (Nebraska) State Journal (February 7, 1926), 9.
3. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census, s.v. “Phelix Larenz,” [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
4. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census, s.v. “Felix Lorenz,” [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
5. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, s.v. “Felix Lorenz,” [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
6. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census, s.v. “Felix Lorenz,” [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
7. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census, s.v. “Felix A. Lorenz,” [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
8. "College View Notes," Lincoln (Nebraska) Star (October 23, 1927), 26.
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Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer and D. Murphy, “Felix A. Lorenz (1892-1984), Contractor and Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, December 1, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, May 16, 2024.
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